'Four Nights In August' Film Challenge Winners Announced

After fourteen days of film production and 24 entries, we have a winner! Anil Rao, who shot Milethia Thomas’ screenplay, ‘Why?’ won the film challenge at the London Screenwriters’ Festival 2011
(pictured here are Anil and Milethia).

Judges comments included Eddie Hamilton (X-Men editor)…

‘Very cinematic, excellent use of camera, composition, editing and music… a tour de force, and for me the clear winner.’

Producer Jeremy Bolt (Resident Evil Franchise) commented…

‘Subtle and visually bold. Made you think and the boys performance was very

believable ­ it was understated. I also thought editing, cinematography and music were very strong.’

Congratulations to you both, and also to David Turner who finished joint first with Milethea in the Screenplay contest.

Can you make a great movie from a terrific one page script? This was the premise of this competition. Film makers were offered two screenplays (read below) that were the winners
of the London Screenwriters Festival One Page Script competition, and given fourteen days to shoot, edit and complete them, before being judged by a panel of industry experts.

Read The Scripts

Everything You Need by David Turner
Joint winner of the 'Four Nights In August' competition for The London Screenwriters' Festival
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The Six Finalists (in no particular order)

'Everything You Need' by Team Montage
The final moments spent in an elderly mans lifelong home, having only enough time to collect his memories. WATCH HERE

'Everything You Need' by Hayle Molyneux Stuart
I interpreted the script as being about somebody helping a person more vulnerable than themselves in a time of need and desperation, and decided it would be interesting to make the main character
deaf instead of elderly. WATCH HERE

'WHY' by Anil Rao

Our time fractured film encapsulates the emotive reasoning behind action and reaction, the eyes tell our story. All people are fallible, it's what we do with failure that leads us to what we
become. WATCH HERE

'Everything You Need' by OneDay Productions

Directed by Aidan Sheridan, Produced by Chris Delaney, Camera by Tom Woodman with Abigail Hamilton as Sally. WATCH HERE

'WHY' by Precipice Films

Kyle has risked everything for his grandmother, but at what cost?
Filmed in HD (Canon 5D Mk II), Produced by Precipice Films, Directed/Edited by Chris Meier, DOP - Simon Morris. WATCH HERE

Runners Up (in no particular order)

‘WHY’ By Peter Coster, Dragons Lair Films
My version of ‘Why’ stars Doctor Who star Tommy Knight and an exceptional actress: Heather Skermer with extras Brandon and Connor Coster. I had no crew, everything behind the camera was completed
by myself. WATCH HERE

'Everything you Need' by Nik Morris
In the midst of the London riots, Sally says goodbye to the home she made with her late husband. Directed by Nik Morris, starring Margaret Hillier, assistant directors: Will Edwards, Josh
Hatfield, and Sash Sullivan.WATCH HERE

A short film capturing a moment of realisation, and a devastating decision you can't come back from. WATCH HERE

'Everything You Need' by the Kingsley-Hughes famil. We made this as a family project using stills, stop motion and original video. We wanted to emphasise that mementos of a life
are alive with memories hence the animated belongings Sally must leave behind.

'Everything you need' by New Dawn Productions.
We wanted to capture the fear, Violence and the reality of the riots just outside your window. Directed by Mark Adams, Camera Stuart Gilmartin, Starring Merrel Veitch as Sally and Mark Harvey.
WATCH HERE

Directed, shot and edited by liz mitchell. The film took a week to shot and edit, shot on a JVC handheld camera. With thanks to Audrey & Richard Mitchell. WATCH HERE

'Everything You Need' by Andrew Montagu
My film shows how war and destruction can be echoed in times of uncertainty and rage, and the choices that destruction forces people to make. Starring Denise Casey as Sally. WATCH HERE

"Everything You Need" by Ross Burchfield and Bo McKenzi.

Directed by Ross Burchfield, photographed by Bo McKenzie, and starring Michele Seidman, "Everything You Need" measures the weight of coming to terms with a reality not sanctioned by the evening
news.